information from these tests have enabled us to prevent any successful attacks on the ffm. while no serious security professional will ever guarantee that any system is hack proof, i am confident based on the recent security controls assessment and the durable security protections in place that the ffm is secure. in many i instances we have gone above and beyond what is required with penetration testing. cms takes system security very seriously. my job is to anticipate and detect any possible security threat to our many systems no matter how small. we continue to carry out this responsibility, protecting the ffm, to insure that consumers can use the system with confidence that their personal information is secure. thank you, and i'm happy to take your questions. >> thank you. and because we were not provided your opening statement, what date was that security assessment that causes you to recommend completed? >> it was completed on december 18th. >> december 18th. >> i'm sorry -- yes, it was completed december 18th. >> thank you. statement. mr. baitman. >> good morning, cha

. >> i'm confident based on the recent security patrol's assessment that the ffm is secure. >> but at an earlier hearing cyber security experts saying flaws with the obama care website have gotten worse since november. >> this is mismanaged issue. i don't understand how we're still discussing whether or not the website is insecure or not. it is. there's no question about that. >> it is insecure. >> absolutely 100%. no questioning that. people from hhs said that. it's not a question of insecure. it's what we need to do to fix it. >> so which one is it. a fox news contributor, dan gerstein, president of gotham ghost writers. they are my guests today. which one is it? >> clear mr. kennedy, the last who testified is right. he doesn't have a horse in this case. he's an analyst, someone that understands cyber security. there are 20 serious vulnerabilities that have been pointed out in the obama care website last october that have yet to be fixed. you have 67 democrats who joined republicans in the house vote that dealt with security over obama care website, largest democrats on obama care v

and slide one, of the draft, you wrote ffm does not reasonably meet the cms security requirements, which are intended to minimize cms business risk, is that correct? >> during the security assessment that was conducted in september, the security testing was not able to be completed. they were able to test completely -- >> but these are your words of? >> yes. >> additionally you said there's also no confidence that personal identifiable information will be protected, correct? >> again, during testing speed but these are your words. >> i drafted this initial memo. >> these are consistent with what you were saying in the september 25 from? >> this memo is catching the briefing we given the mr. charest and mr. baitman specs of the other two witnesses knew that these are your words, but paraphrase what you told them, there's also no confidence that personal identifiable information will be protected. >> again, it was the result of the security testing in that regard. >> you wrote -- go put that up to the independent assessor was forced to test different modules in multiple environments. in ot

the issuers based on their records as opposed to be able to use the records that are generated by the ffm and that automated process will be going into place in the next few months. >> and are you working, his administration working with the insurers to make that happen? >> yes, absolutely. we have actually had tremendous response from the insurers and they have told us they are very pleased with the way the process is going. it is not ideal but it will work to get them paid. >> mr. chairman of think that would be a good follow up to bring the insurers in to see how that's working. let me ask you mr. cohen we have heard about the number of people that signed up both on the exchanges and in states like mine that have stayed exchanges am also healthcare.gov. what is your opinion about the number of people who have signed up and also the age makes? >> so in terms of the number of people who have signed up obviously there's no question we got off to a slower start than we would have liked or that we owed hoped that we had tremendous response in december and we are continuing to see very good

issuers based on their records as opposed to being able to use the records that are generated by the ffm. that automated process will be going into place in the next month. is the administration working with the insurers to make that happen? >> absolutely. we have had tremendous responsiveness from insurers and they have said they are pleased with the way the process is going. it is not ideal, but it is working. >> i would be a good follow-up, to bring in insurers, and see if that is working. we have heard about the number of people who have signed up both on the exchanges and in states like mine that have state exchanges and healthcare.gov. what is your opinion about the number of people who are signed up and the age groups? >> there is no question we got up to a slow start. inhad tremendous response december, and we are continuing to see good numbers as we go into january. i think in terms of the total, if we are able to maintain the pace we are at now and if we see ofther uptick toward the end march, as everyone expects, because that is the deadline, we have three months ago, so we ar

issuers based on their records as opposed to being able to use the records that are generated by the ffm. that automated process will be going into place in the next month. >> is the administration working with the insurers to make that happen? >> absolutely. we have had tremendous responsiveness from insurers and they have said they are pleased with the way the process is going. it is not ideal, but it is working. >> i would be a good followup, to bring in insurers, and see if that is working. we have heard about the number of people who have signed up both on the exchanges and in states like mine that have state exchanges and healthcare.gov. what is your opinion about the number of people who are signed up and the age groups? >> there is no question we got up to a slow start. we had tremendous response in december, and we are continuing to see good numbers as we go into january. i think in terms of the total, if we are able to maintain the pace we are at now and if we see another uptick toward the end of march, as everyone expects, because that is the deadline, we have three months ago